NFL pros from N.C. high schools

By Richard Walker

As we prepare for the start of the 2021 NFL season, a large number of North Carolina high school products are again on team rosters.

Seventy-four players who attended N.C. high schools are on league rosters as the season begins.

That’ll included six players who will participate in Thursday’s Dallas Cowboys at defending Super Bowl champion Tampa Bay Buccaneers season-opener.

Here’s the full list of North Carolina high school products listed by the NFL teams with their high schools:

Atlanta Falcons
Jonathan Bullard, DE (Crest)

Arizona Cardinals
D.J. Humphries, OT (Mallard Creek)

Baltimore Ravens
Chris Smith, LB (West Rowan)

Buffalo Bills
Antonio Williams, RB (North Stanly)

Carolina Panthers
John Brannon, CB (South Meck)
Juston Burris, DB (Raleigh Broughton)

Chicago Bears
Tarik Cohen, RB (Bunn)
Jimmy Graham, TE (Wilson Charis Prep)

Cincinnati Bengals
Akeem Davis-Gaither, LB (Thomasville)
B.J. Hill, DT (West Stanly)
Larry Ogunjobi, DT (Jamestown Ragsdale)
Germaine Pratt, LB (High Point Central)
D.J. Reader, DT (Greensboro Grimsley)

Dallas Cowboys
Rico Dowdle, RB (Asheville Reynolds)
Will Grier, QB (Davidson Day)
Carlos Watkins, DT (Chase)

Denver Broncos
Kendall Hinton, WR (Southern Durham)
Javonte Williams, RB (Wallace-Rose Hill)

Detroit Lions
Alim NcNeill, NT (Raleigh Sanderson)
Romeo Okwara, LB (Kell)
Sage Surratt, WR (East Lincoln/Lincolnton)

Green Bay Packers
Jaire Alexander, DB (Mint Hill Rocky River)

Houston Texans
Derek Rivers, LB (Kinston)

Indianapolis Colts
Nyheim Hines, RB (Garner)
Tyquan Lewis, DT (Tarboro)

Jacksonville Jaguars
Will Richardson, OT (Burlington Cummings)
Tyler Shatley, OG (East Burke)

Kansas City Chiefs
Mike Hughes, DB (New Bern)
Cornell Powell, WR (Greenville Rose)
Jarran Reed, DT (Goldsboro)

Las Vegas Raiders
Divine Deablo, LB (Winston-Salem Mount Tabor)
B.J. Emmons, RB (Morganton Freedom)
Brandon Parker, OT (Kannapolis Brown)
Kendal Vickers, DE (Havelock)

Los Angeles Chargers
Keenan Allen, WR (Northern Guilford)
Larry Roundtree III, RB (Raleigh Millbrook)

Minnesota Vikings
Olisaemeka Udoh, OT (Fayetteville Sanford)
Garrett Bradbury, C (Charlotte Christian)
Blake Proehl, WR (Charlotte Providence)
Tye Smith, DB (Raleigh Wakefield)
Chazz Surratt, LB (East Lincoln)

New Orleans Saints
Shy Tuttle, DT (North Davidson)

New York Giants
Keion Crossen, DB (Northampton County)
Daniel Jones, QB (Charlotte Latin)
Dexter Lawrence, DE (Wake Forest)
Oshane Ximines, LB (Hertford County)

New York Jets
Braxton Berrios, WR (Raleigh Leesville Road)
Jamison Crowder, WR (Monroe)
Hamsah Nasirildeen, LB (Concord)
Tim Ward, DE (High Point Central)

Philadelphia Eagles
Landon Dickerson, C (South Caldwell)
Javon Hargrave, DT (North Rowan)
Franklin “Mac” McCain III, DB (Greensboro Dudley)

Pittsburgh Steelers
Eric Ebron, TE (Greensboro Smith)
Alex Highsmith, LB (Wilmington Ashley)
Melvin Ingram, LB (Richmond County)
Jaylen Samuels, RB (Mallard Creek)

San Francisco 49ers
Emmanuel Moseley, DB (Greensboro Dudley)
Kentavious Street, DE (Greenville Rose)

Seattle Seahawks
Phil Haynes, OL (Raleigh Enloe)
Tanner Muse, LB (South Point)

Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Ross Cockrell, DB (Charlotte Latin)
Bradley Pinion, P (Northwest Cabarrus)
Ryan Succop, K (Hickory)

Tennessee Titans
Denico Autry, DE (Albemarle)
Breon Borders, DB (Statesville)
Caleb Farley, DB (Maiden)
Matthias Farley, DB (Charlotte Christian)
Kendall Lamm, OT (Matthews Butler)
Harold Landry, LB (Fayetteville Pine Forest)
Larrell Murchison, DE (East Bladen)
Anthony Rush, DT (Cary)

Washington Football Team
Dyami Brown, WR (West Meck)
James Smith-Williams, DE (Raleigh Millbrook)